<?php
/**
 * Smarty shared plugin
 * @package Smarty
 * @subpackage plugins
 */


/**
 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>
 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
 *		   from a string.
 * @param string
 * @return string
 */
function smarty_make_timestamp($string)
{
	if(empty($string)) {
		$string = "now";
	}
	$time = strtotime($string);
	if (is_numeric($time) && $time != -1)
		return $time;

	// is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
	if (preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
		$time = mktime(substr($string,8,2),substr($string,10,2),substr($string,12,2),
			   substr($string,4,2),substr($string,6,2),substr($string,0,4));

		return $time;
	}

	// couldn't recognize it, try to return a time
	$time = (int) $string;
	if ($time > 0)
		return $time;
	else
		return time();
}

/* vim: set expandtab: */

?>
